I spoke too soon when I said the entire block of 6th Ave between 17th and 18thexcept for a holdout frame shop was closing down--that holdout frame shop? It ain't holding out anymore. Their move means every single business on the block has been pushed out:

The city has been giving millions of dollars in tax breaks to chain stores and bupkis to mom-and-pops. [Times]

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On NYC not gritty enough:

I work right by Greenwich Village and saw this crew having a photo shoot of a model whereby in the background they had fake graffitis on a fake poster on a fake boarded up store. Unbelievable. Why supersede NYC with sanitized condos and then create a fake neighborhood similar to the one that was supplanted?

On a separate note, J,I think it'd be nice if the links to your blog open up in another tab or window. There are just times that I find myself at Gawker and wondering why the hell am I reading this. Just a thought. Great blog, by the way. You can edit this last part of the comment.